公共三级语法与词汇例题解析（3）

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1. In ancient China， people used to send smoke _____ to warn that the enemy were coming.
A. signs B. signals C. symbols D. marks
2 H: D3 U! s& y" h, q+ {. t答案： B
解析： 这个题考四个名词的比较， 其中： signs 迹象; signals 信号; symbols 象征; marks 分数。
- {  {% ^, x  x2. The icy conditions made our travel dangerous. So _____ going by car we took the underground.
! ^. n, [+ S4 r1 n* b* {5 QA. instead of B. in addition to
$ B  s& O- E; {! X: @5 f5 a: q) T$ qC. as well as D. at the cost of
* H+ N8 d& C9 B  T" z, c. L2 {答案： A
" f  `- y5 e- u/ E4 G解析： instead of 代替，而不是; in addition to 除了…之外（还有）; as well as 也（除…之外）， 既…又…; at the cost of 以…为代价。 这道题横线后面是动名词形式，所以选项C和D首先排除。
3. Sometimes my job is boring， but _____ I enjoy it.
A. by contrast B. by nature
C. on the whole D. on the average
9 f! }3 ~7 G9 \; w$ C$ h4 a7 l' q答案： C
解析： by contrast 与…相比，后面要跟with， by contrast with与…相比较; by nature 本性，生性; on the whole 总的来说; on the average 平均。
4. I’ll buy the clock _____ it costs.
! r+ E! m" u6 c6 e2 T2 M; }A. what B. whatever C. where D. however
& U* x/ c2 l  q" g. E' Q; f答案： B
' b! p3 q( ~4 E. }/ B4 i" {6 K. n% Z解析： 不管花多少钱，我都买下这个钟。
2 ~, [6 m) D# {. s! J5 Z* y6 |- L5. _____ Mr.Wilson is well again， he can travel.
  D5 Y7 z2 z5 j- y: R: ]A. Now that B. So far C. Though D. Even if
+ i% X3 U8 q9 N3 K4 `2 A. U1 s, n答案： A
) b) t7 E2 h% C, b$ R) h: [( @$ Z解析： Now that 既然; So far和现在完成时态连用.